Tropes & Tasting Notes

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Essential Pairing Guide for Romance Readers

Book +Wine Pairings

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Sommelier curated pairings

Christina Lauren Wine & Book Event at Parnassus Books

Personalized wine + book pairings for your next bookish event-- I'm looking at you book clubs and author signings!

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*only for Private events in Nashville at this time

Book + Wine Apparel

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Pairing Library

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I'm Karissa Pearlstone (she/her), your favorite bookish sommelier.You're most likely to find me on my back deck reading an enemies to lovers rom com and drinking something tannic enough that I don't have to share.You're probably wondering about credentials... I'm a Level 1 Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers and hold a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. But my real claim to fame is the Goosebumps fan fic I wrote when I was seven.

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Sommelier curated in-person pairings

Only private events in Nashville at this time.Want to show out at your next book club?I'll create a personalized book + wine pairing to make your bookish event something worth writing about!